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Brewers announced the retirement of RHP Salomon Torres.

Torres said he was retiring three weeks ago, but he didn't officially file the papers until last night. The 36-year-old Torres finishes his career with a 44-58 record, 57 saves and a 4.31 ERA in 64 starts and 433 relief appearances. All of his saves came the last three years, but his best seasons came with the Pirates in 2004 and 2005. He was one of the NL's most valuable relievers while posting a 2.70 ERA in 186 2/3 innings over the two years. Tue, Dec 2, 2008 01:41:00 PM

Salomon Torres will retire to spend more time with his family, he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

A big surprise. Torres talked about retirement last winter, but he decided to keep pitching and he ended up taking over as Milwaukee's closer and nearly doubling his career saves total from 29 to 57. The Brewers were sure to exercise their $3.75 million option on him for 2009. We're assuming that the only reason it hadn't already happened was because they had some idea that this was coming. The Brewers would have wanted to bring in a closer anyway, but now it's a must. With that extra money to spend, perhaps now they have a better shot at Brian Fuentes or even Francisco Rodriguez. Tue, Nov 11, 2008 03:25:00 PM

Salomon Torres gave up four runs in the ninth Thursday against the Cubs to send the game into extra innings.

Ryan Braun should have been charged with an error on Aramis Ramirez's rally-starting double, which would have meant that all four runs would have been unearned. Still, that's hardly an excuse for Torres, who went on to allow three more hits. The pitch he threw to Geovany Soto for a game-tying, three-run homer was particularly terrible. Torres has one blown save in two chances this month (this one doesn't count since he had a four-run lead) and he also took a loss after entering a tie game. He's one of the big reasons the Brewers were so well positioned entering September, but he's let the team down as much as anyone this month. Thu, Sep 18, 2008 06:31:00 PM

Salomon Torres was available to pitch Sunday despite groin tightness.

Torres was unavailable Saturday, but manager Ned Yost indicated that the injury isn't considered serious. "It was just stiffness," Yost said. "But when it's stiff, you don't want to take a chance. It wasn't that he pulled anything. It's not a strain, it's not a pull. But if it gets fatigued it could be a problem. It was more a precaution than anything else." Mon, Aug 18, 2008 10:34:00 AM

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Salomon Torres will retire to spend more time with his family, he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

A big surprise. Torres talked about retirement last winter, but he decided to keep pitching and he ended up taking over as Milwaukee's closer and nearly doubling his career saves total from 29 to 57. The Brewers were sure to exercise their $3.75 million option on him for 2009. We're assuming that the only reason it hadn't already happened was because they had some idea that this was coming. The Brewers would have wanted to bring in a closer anyway, but now it's a must. With that extra money to spend, perhaps now they have a better shot at Brian Fuentes or even Francisco Rodriguez.

Salomon Torres gave up four runs in the ninth Thursday against the Cubs to send the game into extra innings.

Ryan Braun should have been charged with an error on Aramis Ramirez's rally-starting double, which would have meant that all four runs would have been unearned. Still, that's hardly an excuse for Torres, who went on to allow three more hits. The pitch he threw to Geovany Soto for a game-tying, three-run homer was particularly terrible. Torres has one blown save in two chances this month (this one doesn't count since he had a four-run lead) and he also took a loss after entering a tie game. He's one of the big reasons the Brewers were so well positioned entering September, but he's let the team down as much as anyone this month.

Torres was unavailable Saturday, but manager Ned Yost indicated that the injury isn't considered serious. "It was just stiffness," Yost said. "But when it's stiff, you don't want to take a chance. It wasn't that he pulled anything. It's not a strain, it's not a pull. But if it gets fatigued it could be a problem. It was more a precaution than anything else."

Salomon Torres took a loss in relief on Monday after giving up two runs in the ninth versus the Cubs.

Eric Gagne previously pitched a scoreless eighth in a tie game. Torres has two blown saves this month to go along with the loss tonight, so Gagne might be gaining some ground on him. While Gagne has allowed four runs in eight innings since coming off the DL, he's just had one bad appearance.

After Eric Gagne pitched a scoreless eighth, Guillermo Mota, Brian Shouse and Salomon Torres combined to blow a 5-0 lead in the ninth Thursday against the Diamondbacks.

Without ever getting an out. Mora allowed two hits and a walk, Shouse gave up a three-run double to Chad Tracy and Torres allowed three straight hits to end the game. Torres was pitching in a third straight game, so his poor outing can't really be held against him. Still, things are suddenly looking up for Gagne owners.

Salomon Torres is considering retirement in the wake of Friday's trade sending him to Milwaukee.

"It's a giant move, and I have to make a decision if I want to go forward," Torres said. "This is going to change my life, my family's life. If I leave them here, they're going to have to be without me for a full year. If I take them with me, they're going to be affected." What makes this bizarre is that Torres actually asked for a trade during last season, and now he's upset even though he was sent to a team that isn't so far away from Pittsburgh and will play three series there next year. It's unlikely that Friday's trade would be overturned if Torres does choose retirement. He said he's not close to making a decision.

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Brewers manager Craig Counsell confirmed that Stephen Vogt (shoulder) will open the year on the disabled list.

There had been talk that the Brewers could release Vogt and not pay him the $3.065 million owed, but he will in fact go to the disabled list. It's unknown at this time how long the former Oakland backstop will be out, but we do know that he'll miss at least the first week or so of the regular season while his shoulder strain heals.

Jimmy Nelson (shoulder) is still limited to throwing off flat ground and won't be able to pitch off a mound until after the season starts.

Nelson underwent shoulder surgery in September and really just began a throwing regimen. There's still no specific timeline as to when the 28-year-old right-hander will be able to return. It's possible that his original June estimation could be pushed all the way back to the All-Star break. He may be somebody to avoid on to draft day this spring, despite his breakout 2017.